Che Guevara

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Modern influential 140 sayings

Sayings by Che Guevara

To send men to the firing squad, judicial proof is unnecessary. These procedures are an archaic bourgeois detail. This is a revolution! And a revolutionary must become a cold killing machine motivated by pure hate.

1959 — Speech at La Cabaña fortress, Havana
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We must eliminate all newspapers; we must eliminate all radio stations; we must eliminate all television stations. They are instruments of the bourgeoisie.

1959 — Statement during early days of Cuban Revolution
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Youth must refrain from uncritical thinking. It is the duty of youth to question everything.

1962 — Speech to Cuban youth
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The world is a battlefield, and the only way to win is to fight.

c. 1960s — Often attributed, but difficult to pinpoint exact source.
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Whenever injustice is done, it is a personal attack on me.

c. 1960s — Often attributed, but exact source is debated.
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I have a wish: it is to see a world where there are no borders, no nations, no wars, no hunger, no injustice.

c. 1960s — Often attributed, but exact source is debated.
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The revolution is a living force. It is not a doctrine. It is not a dogma. It is a movement.

1960 — Speech in Havana
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There are no frontiers in this struggle to the death. We cannot remain indifferent in the face of what occurs in any part of the world.

1967 — Message to the Tricontinental
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A man's value is in ratio to his capacity to give.

1965 — Essay 'Socialism and Man in Cuba'
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The intellectual's role is to contribute to the creation of a new, revolutionary culture.

1961 — Speech to Cuban intellectuals
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Every day, we must fight for that love of humanity to be translated into concrete deeds, into acts that serve as an example, as a mobilization force.

1965 — Essay 'Socialism and Man in Cuba'
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The greatest danger is not to fall, but to remain on the ground.

c. 1960s — Often attributed, but difficult to pinpoint exact source.
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The revolution is a school of life. It is a school of death.

1960 — Speech in Havana
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The duty of every revolutionary is to make revolution.

1967 — Message to the Tricontinental
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I don't care if I fall, as long as someone else picks up my gun and continues to shoot.

c. 1960s — Often attributed, but exact source is debated.
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The revolution is an act of creation. It is an act of destruction.

1960 — Speech in Havana
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The only way to save humanity is to destroy capitalism.

c. 1960s — Often attributed, but difficult to pinpoint exact source.
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It's not a question of who is right, but who is left.

c. 1960s — Often attributed, but likely a misattribution or paraphrase.
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The guerrilla fighter is a social reformer, who takes up arms in response to the angry protest of the people against their oppressors.

1961 — Book 'Guerrilla Warfare'
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The revolution is a magnet that attracts all those who love freedom.

1960 — Speech in Havana
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